風ふう速そく

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

wind speed

Refers to the speed of wind, often given in meters per second in Japanese weather reports, as in 風速10メートル.

風ふう速そく〈数すう〉メートルa wind speed of X meters per second
台たい風ふうの接せっ近きんにより、風ふう速そく20メートルの強つよい風かぜが吹ふいた。
As the typhoon approached, strong winds of 20 meters per second blew.
風ふう速そくを測はかるto measure wind speed
気き象しょう台だいでは風ふう速そく計けいを使つかって風ふう速そくを測はかっている。
The weather station uses an anemometer to measure wind speed.
最さい大だい風ふう速そくmaximum wind speed
この台たい風ふうの最さい大だい風ふう速そくは50メートルに達たっする見み込こみだ。
This typhoon's maximum wind speed is expected to reach 50 meters per second.

風ふう力りょくN1
風速 measures the actual speed of wind (e.g. in meters per second), while 風力 refers more broadly to the strength or force of wind, including its use for wind power generation.

風ふう向こう
風速 tells you how fast the wind is blowing, while 風向 tells you the direction it is blowing from; the two terms are easily confused since they appear together in weather reports.
風ふう力りょくN1
風速 is the measured speed of wind (e.g. in meters per second), while 風力 refers to the wind's power or a Beaufort force level, so the two are easy to mix up in weather reports.

A Sino-Japanese compound: 風 means wind and 速 is associated with speed, giving the meaning wind speed.